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Doc Medich
George Francis Medich

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 227 lb.
School University of Pittsburgh

Debut September 5, 1972
  vs. BAL 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER
Final Game October 2, 1982
Born December 9, 1948 in Aliquippa, PA

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1972 23 NYY AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    0.0    2    2    0   0    2    0   0   0     4   0   0 undef  0.00 undef   inf
 1973 24 NYY AL  14   9  34  32  11   3   2  0  235.0  217   84   77  20   74  145   3   7   991   6   1  2.95  3.67  124 1.238 RoY-3
 1974 25 NYY AL  19  15  38  38  17   4   0  0  279.7  275  122  112  24   91  154   8   5  1173   8   1  3.60  3.55   99 1.309
 1975 26 NYY AL  16  16  38  37  15   2   0  0  272.3  271  115  106  25   72  132   1   6  1121   5   0  3.50  3.71  106 1.259
 1976 27 PIT NL   8  11  29  26   3   0   1  0  179.0  193   80   70  10   48   86   2   3   759   9   2  3.52  3.47   99 1.346
 1977 28 TOT     12   7  30  29   2   0   1  0  177.0  187  101   89  20   54   80   5   3   769   3   0  4.53  4.00   88 1.362
         TOT AL  12   6  29  28   2   0   1  0  170.0  181   98   86  20   53   77   5   3   744   3   0  4.55  4.01   88 1.376
         OAK AL  10   6  26  25   1   0   1  0  147.7  155   89   77  19   49   74   3   3   646   3   0  4.69  3.99   85 1.381
         SEA AL   2   0   3   3   1   0   0  0   22.3   26    9    9   1    4    3   2   0    98   0   0  3.63  4.11  113 1.343
         NYM NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    7.0    6    3    3   0    1    3   0   0    25   0   0  3.86  3.72   96 1.000
 1978 29 TEX AL   9   8  28  22   6   2   3  2  171.0  166   78   71  10   52   71   3   5   717   2   0  3.74  3.78  101 1.275
 1979 30 TEX AL  10   7  29  19   4   1   1  0  149.0  156   78   69   9   49   58   4   4   647   3   0  4.17  4.15   99 1.376
 1980 31 TEX AL  14  11  34  32   6   0   0  0  204.3  230  104   89  13   56   91   3   7   877   1   1  3.92  3.88   99 1.400
 1981 32 TEX AL  10   6  20  20   4   4   0  0  143.3  136   51   49   8   33   65   2   1   585   5   0  3.08  3.44  112 1.179
 1982 33 TOT AL  12  15  31  31   3   0   0  0  185.7  203  110  104  12   93   73   4   8   828   6   1  5.04  3.85   76 1.594
         TEX AL   7  11  21  21   2   0   0  0  122.7  146   73   69   8   61   37   3   4   557   5   0  5.06  3.88   77 1.688
         MIL AL   5   4  10  10   1   0   0  0   63.0   57   37   35   4   32   36   1   4   271   1   1  5.00  3.80   76 1.413
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .541 124 105 312 287  71  16   8  2 1996.3 2036  925  836 151  624  955  35  49  8471  48   6  3.77  3.74   99 1.332
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  35  32   8   1   0  0  226.3  231  105   94  17   70  108   3   5   961   5   0  3.77  3.74   99 1.332
 Career High     19  16  38  38  17   4   3  2  279.7  275  122  112  25   93  154   8   8  1173   9   2  2.95  4.15  124 1.179
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 27 PIT NL  29   52    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  21  .096  .161  .096  -25    5   8   0   0   0   2
 1977 28 TOT     30    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         NYM NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     314   54    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  22  .093  .155  .093  -28    5   8   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         28    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .093  .155  .093  -28    3   4   0   0   0   1
 Career High     39   52    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  21                           5   8   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 27 PIT NL   64   57    1   0.5    92| .096  .263| .161  .329| .096  .374| .257  .703| -25  .019  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1977 28 TOT       2    2    0   0.0    99| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .401| .000  .731|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         NYM NL    2    2    0   0.0    99| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .401| .000  .731|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       66   59    1   0.5    92| .093  .263| .155  .329| .093  .375| .248  .704| -28  .018  -9.3  -1.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1972 23 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 1973 24 NYY AL P 34 14 25 5 0 .886 .951 1.15 0.86 1.49 1.86 32 235.0 1974 25 NYY AL P 38 18 35 3 3 .946 .946 1.39 0.83 1.71 1.81 38 279.7 1975 26 NYY AL P 38 18 27 2 1 .957 .939 1.18 0.85 1.49 1.87 37 272.3 1976 27 PIT NL P 29 6 36 2 2 .955 .950 1.45 0.72 2.11 1.88 26 179.3 1977 28 TOT P 30 9 19 2 0 .933 .946 0.93 0.83 1.42 1.94 29 177.0 TOT AL P 29 8 19 2 0 .931 .947 0.93 0.84 1.43 1.95 28 170.0 OAK AL P 26 8 18 2 0 .929 .949 1.00 0.84 1.58 1.95 25 147.7 SEA AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.83 0.40 1.94 3 22.3 NYM NL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 0.70 1.29 1.80 1 7.0 1978 29 TEX AL P 28 11 31 1 2 .977 .955 1.50 0.85 2.21 1.90 22 171.0 1979 30 TEX AL P 29 6 33 2 0 .951 .949 1.34 0.81 2.36 1.92 19 149.0 1980 31 TEX AL P 34 9 27 3 3 .923 .957 1.06 0.77 1.59 1.85 32 204.3 1981 32 TEX AL P 20 15 26 1 1 .976 .962 2.05 0.81 2.58 1.98 20 143.3 1982 33 TOT AL P 31 8 27 0 0 1.000 .959 1.13 0.73 1.70 1.80 31 185.7 TEX AL P 21 5 21 0 0 1.000 .959 1.24 0.73 1.91 1.80 21 122.7 MIL AL P 10 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.90 0.73 1.29 1.80 10 63.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 23 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 1973 24 NYY AL P 34 14 25 5 0 .886 .951 1.15 0.86 1.49 1.86 32 235.0 1974 25 NYY AL P 38 18 35 3 3 .946 .946 1.39 0.83 1.71 1.81 38 279.7 1975 26 NYY AL P 38 18 27 2 1 .957 .939 1.18 0.85 1.49 1.87 37 272.3 1976 27 PIT NL P 29 6 36 2 2 .955 .950 1.45 0.72 2.11 1.88 26 179.3 1977 28 TOT P 30 9 19 2 0 .933 .946 0.93 0.83 1.42 1.94 29 177.0 TOT AL P 29 8 19 2 0 .931 .947 0.93 0.84 1.43 1.95 28 170.0 OAK AL P 26 8 18 2 0 .929 .949 1.00 0.84 1.58 1.95 25 147.7 SEA AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.83 0.40 1.94 3 22.3 NYM NL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 0.70 1.29 1.80 1 7.0 1978 29 TEX AL P 28 11 31 1 2 .977 .955 1.50 0.85 2.21 1.90 22 171.0 1979 30 TEX AL P 29 6 33 2 0 .951 .949 1.34 0.81 2.36 1.92 19 149.0 1980 31 TEX AL P 34 9 27 3 3 .923 .957 1.06 0.77 1.59 1.85 32 204.3 1981 32 TEX AL P 20 15 26 1 1 .976 .962 2.05 0.81 2.58 1.98 20 143.3 1982 33 TOT AL P 31 8 27 0 0 1.000 .959 1.13 0.73 1.70 1.80 31 185.7 TEX AL P 21 5 21 0 0 1.000 .959 1.24 0.73 1.91 1.80 21 122.7 MIL AL P 10 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.90 0.73 1.29 1.80 10 63.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 312 114 286 21 12 .950 .951 1.28 0.81 287 1996.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 312 114 286 21 12 .950 .951 1.28 0.81
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982   WS    MIL STL     L   1   0  18.00  0  0  0  0   2     5   4   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   WS    MIL STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1973 AL-2.95-5

Wins
1974 AL-19-10

Won-Loss %
1977 AL-.667-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1973 AL-8.31-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1975 AL-2.38-8
1981 AL-2.07-8

Innings
1975 AL-272.3-8

Games Started
1975 AL-37-7

Shutouts
1974 AL-4-6
1981 AL-4-1

Home Runs Allow.
1975 AL-25-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1974 AL-91-10
1982 AL-93-7

Hits Allowed
1974 AL-275-8
1975 AL-271-5

SO to Walk
1973 AL-1.96-10

Losses
1975 AL-16-7
1982 AL-15-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1974 AL-112-7
1975 AL-106-9

Wild Pitches
1982 AL-8-10

Hit Batsmen
1974 AL-8-9

Batters Faced
1975 AL-1121-8

Adjusted ERA+
1973 AL-124-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (826) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 23 (952) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (705) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (954) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

December 11, 1975: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Willie Randolph, Ken Brett, and Dock Ellis.

March 15, 1977: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Rick Langford, and Mitchell Page to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.

September 13, 1977: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Oakland Athletics.

September 26, 1977: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Seattle Mariners.

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

August 11, 1982: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Texas Rangers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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